WEBVTT 00:00:21.153 --> 00:00:38.576 Good morning and it's good to just have you online today and we are really grateful as we get to the very tail end of this season of the Open Door Connections, uplifted Kingdom Opportunity. 00:00:38.576 --> 00:00:57.240 We are so grateful to God having taken us through this season and therefore it is our duty and our responsibility to seize every opportunity to propagate and to proclaim this gospel. 00:00:57.240 --> 00:01:04.152 And the Bible says in Matthew Matthew chapter 5, from verse 14. 00:01:04.152 --> 00:01:09.766 It says this you are the light of the world. 00:01:09.766 --> 00:01:14.915 A town built on a hill that cannot be hidden. 00:01:14.915 --> 00:01:21.822 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. 00:01:21.822 --> 00:01:23.123 It under a bowl. 00:01:23.123 --> 00:01:32.927 Instead, they put it on its stand and it gives light to everyone in the house In the same way. 00:01:32.927 --> 00:01:40.912 Let your light shine before others that they may see your good deeds. 00:01:40.932 --> 00:02:08.473 Let me share with us three things about this season, and it's about number one to reflect the light of the glory of the Lord to our world that is in darkness. 00:02:08.473 --> 00:02:18.514 To release the kingdom of the Lord to a world in ignorance and, finally, to restore the revelation of the Lord to a world in rebellion. 00:02:18.514 --> 00:02:25.592 Three things, and the first one to reflect the glory of the Lord to our world in darkness. 00:02:25.592 --> 00:02:40.510 2 Corinthians 4, verse 4, talks about the gods of this age that have blinded the eyes of the unbelievers, that they cannot see the light of the gospel. 00:02:40.510 --> 00:02:47.593 It is important to know that the world is in darkness and the believer is the light. 00:02:47.593 --> 00:02:53.992 We carry the light of the gospel and this light must shine in the darkness. 00:02:53.992 --> 00:03:08.931 We must seize every opportunity that God gives us to share this light of the gospel to everyone, in every place and in every sphere of influence, because the world is in darkness. 00:03:08.931 --> 00:03:17.479 Number two we must release the knowledge of the Lord to our world in ignorance. 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:25.610 We must release the knowledge of the Lord to our world in ignorance. 00:03:25.610 --> 00:03:29.131 Our world is in ignorance. 00:03:29.560 --> 00:03:44.550 The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 1.18, the word of God, the message of the cross, is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God. 00:03:44.550 --> 00:03:51.114 To the world, this message of the cross seems to be foolishness because the world is in ignorance. 00:03:51.114 --> 00:04:11.616 So we must shed this light of the gospel to remove out there, to restore the revelation of the Lord to our world in rebellion. 00:04:11.616 --> 00:04:20.995 They're talking about the light that restores the revelation of the Lord to our world in rebellion. 00:04:20.995 --> 00:04:22.802 This world is in rebellion. 00:04:22.802 --> 00:04:23.964 This world is in rebellion. 00:04:24.285 --> 00:04:35.574 The Bible says in Romans 6 23 that the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus, our Lord. 00:04:35.574 --> 00:04:52.550 So, in conclusion, what you are saying, that this light of the gospel must shine everywhere, to everyone, fill every place, because, number one, the world is in darkness. 00:04:52.550 --> 00:04:59.720 Number two, the world is in ignorance and number three, the world is in rebellion. 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:21.634 May we shed this light of the gospel to everyone, everywhere, and may the Lord bless you as we seize every opportunity that he has given us to spread this gospel far and wide so that you can bring in the end time harvest. 00:05:21.634 --> 00:05:27.009 God bless you as you engage and as you shed your light. 00:05:27.009 --> 00:05:28.572 Shalom, shalom.